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SMH The Scots College John Cunningham Student Centre by JCA Architects.

Inside this Sydney private school’s $60 million castle

Eastern suburbs private school Scots College will this week unveil the faux baronial castle after years of delay and budget blowouts.

  • Lucy Carroll

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NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools

Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

  • Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

NSW Education Department boss questions existence of private schools

Murat Dizdar has slighted his private sector counterparts by suggesting the education system could be better off without Catholic and independent schools.

  • Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
Kishwar Chowdhury, who is developing cooking classes for Caulfield Grammar students, with her son Mikayle.

Why some school students are learning 60 hours a week

Some schools are offering organised activities 12 hours a day, as parents juggle working and commuting with children’s needs.

  • Bridie Smith
Brisbane Grammar School at Spring Hill.

More gridlock ahead as Olympic builds, booming schools clog busy road

More than 5000 students attend three growing schools on Gregory Terrace, and the congestion will only get worse when construction begins on Olympic venues.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Kamala Harris is about to share her love of real estate at a Gold Coast conference

Kamala Harris goes from VEEP to gigging on the Gold Coast

This is certainly not where we thought we’d next be seeing the former presidential candidate.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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The primary school is less than 5km from the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

  • Rosanna Ryan
The $400 school saving bonus is not means-tested.

Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it

Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?

  • Tom Ormonde

Detaining school parents is a bit much, but banning them makes sense

Teachers are fleeing the classroom, and monstrous parents are often to blame.

  • Jenna Price
Education finance company Edstart said a survey of 150 NSW private schools found most will lift fees 5 per cent or more in 2025.

The Perth suburbs where private schools rule

A new analysis of census data has revealed the Perth suburbs where 70 per cent or more of secondary students are enrolled in a private school. How does your suburb compare?

  • Holly Thompson

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